The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

clear all ✕

why aren't all 13 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Gerstner: Coinbase reported stock-based compensation equal to 70% of revenue
“Coinbase, I think just reported SBC, which Hold your hat, Saks, was 70% of revenue. Not 70% of their earnings. 70% of their revenue.”
Brad Gerstner Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 1:08:34 E118: AI FOMO frenzy, macro update, Fox vs Dominion, US vs China & more with Brad Gerstner
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: 5% of Coinbase employees took exit packages during culture transition
“About five percent of the company opted into the exit package package.”
Brian Armstrong Apr 23, 2022 ▶ 5:40 E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Only 5% of Coinbase employees took severance over apolitical policy
“Well, only five percent took the policy.”
David Sacks Oct 2, 2021 ▶ 7:55 E49: Coinbase CEO reflects on controversial blog, state of the markets, 1000 unicorns & more
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Four billion adults globally are unbrokered without investment access
“There's actually four billion adults who are unbrokered as well, which means they don't have any ability to invest in these high quality assets.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 22:21 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Assertion Supported
Chamath: VCs distributed Coinbase stock to LPs right before direct listing
“Going into the Coinbase IPO, what all the venture investors did was distributed literally the day before and the day of the direct listing. So that you would get delivered your stock at the highest price so that you could sell.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 22, 2023 ▶ 37:56 E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Coinbase customer funds are segregated and backed 1-to-1
“We're a public company. We're regulated. Our financial statements are audited. They can show that, you know, customer funds are segregated. They're backed one to one. We're not investing customer assets without their explicit direction.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 22:21 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Coinbase reached $85B valuation despite political ban and NYT refusal
“Apparently, Coinbase's ban on politics in the workplace and their refusal to submit to New York Times interviews did not prevent them from creating an eighty-five billion dollar company.”
David Sacks Apr 17, 2021 ▶ 11:14 E29: Coinbase goes public, direct listings vs. IPOs, unions & more with Bestie Guestie Brad Gerstner
Assertion Supported
Brian Armstrong: Coinbase has reached over 100 million global signups
“Yeah, I mean, we've had over a hundred million people sign up globally.”
Brian Armstrong Sep 21, 2023 ▶ 21:19 All-In Summit: In conversation with Brian Armstrong
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Coinbase had no material exposure to FTX, Alameda, or FTT
“And I again, just for the sake of clarity, I should say that Coinbase did not have any material exposure to Alameda FTX or FTT token.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 29:20 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Only 5% of Coinbase staff took severance over political ban
“They gave a generous severance package to anyone who didn't go along with it. It was only five percent took it.”
David Sacks Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 51:04 E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
Assertion Supported
Balaji: Coinbase Earn is on track for $100M in revenue
“Coinbase Earn is on track for a hundred million revenue.”
Balaji Srinivasan Sep 25, 2021 ▶ 8:29 Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Only 5% of Coinbase employees took Armstrong's exit offer
“Only five percent of Coinbase's employees took Armstrong up on that offer to leave.”
David Sacks Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 49:51 E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
Assertion Supported
CZ: Blockchain.info was larger than Coinbase with 2M wallets in 2013-2014
“At the time, Blockchain was the largest user platform in the industry, right? So they had about two million wallets more than Coinbase at the time.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 34:35 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 460 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.